No one is injured or run down, which is a good thing.

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Unless you live nearby it’s easy miss Marishu, a little vintage ‘shop’ hidden in a garden-apartment located in the back of 518 Court Street. Only open Saturdays from 11am to 6pm, it is a mysterious yet inviting space. Filled with bric-a-brak of all sorts like sewing machines, textiles, dishes, collectibles, lamps, and even garden gnomes […]

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[Photo courtesy of supervivette/flickr] Of course, our favorite Barack Obama thing is the photo of the Williamsburg sign that Noah Kalina hit Curbed up with this week. But this pic is pretty cool too. Signs of Barack are everywhere, even if brave souls, here and there, show their McCain-Palin preferences. Even in Park Slope.

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There are many things going on this Halloween season, and Correspondent E.C. Stephens has put together a list of some of them. There’s some pretty darned cool stuff here, so do have a look through the full list. It was compiled by E.C. Stephens. You are welcome to link to the list. Do not copy […]

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Are McCain Boosters Allowed to Live in the Slope? Apparently. [NYT] Marty Grows a Set [NY Shitty] Asian Bridal Parties Posing in Prospect Park [A Year in the Park] Nader Also Gets His Moment in the Burg Sun [Gothamist] In a Brooklyn Courtroom, “hunde kala e saa’i mun” [City Room] Brooklyn Industries Mannequins Sporting Barack […]

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Yesterday, the IRS issued critical new rules that ban the use of tax-free financing for arenas among other facilities. Among those impacted are Bruce Ratner’s planned Atlantic Yards facility. Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards report read the ruling and determined that it allows a “loophole” that allows such financing for the Atlantic Yards project as […]

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Oh, Gowanus Whole Foods. So many people had high hopes of grilled free range chicken pick ups and so many others hoped that you never dug a toxic whole into the parcel of toxic muck that your corporate real estate people saw fit to buy. Most recently, Brownstoner reported that an unnamed source “close” to […]

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One sees many strange things when perusing real estate listings, particularly in the curious Craigslist wasteland. Yet, this listing for an 8×10 basement sublet that is a windowless basement bathroom with a mattress is a a prize winner. On the plus side, it’s centrally located at N. 7 & Bedford. If you have seen it, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] This is, of course, the lovely Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park in Early fall.

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“Hey, I was wondering if you could help me out. When I lived in Greenpoint, there was a strange fenced-off property along the east river between Greenpoint ave and Kent street. There was a prefab looking house, lots of grass a some nice big trees. It seemed strange placed along all the riverfront warehouses. I […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This photo comes from the very talented lornagrl, whose photos we always love to run, and who we are hoping will become a regular GL Contributor. All we can say about this one is: only in Brooklyn, friends.

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One word: Crispy. It is located on Fourth Avenue near Pacific Street and was still there as of yesterday evening. There is a sticker asking the Sanitation Dept. to get rid of it.

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[Photo courtesy of E.C. Stephens] A sign of the times? Well, yes, clearly. But in all fairness, this former mortgage office on Court Street has been on the market a loooong time. In fact, the last time someone posted about as being ironic, it had already been empty forever. The interesting thing, though, is that […]

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Here’s another sign of love for Barack Obama from Williamsburg. Maybe we’re just not looking in the right places, but we’re seeing a lot more signs of support for Sen. Obama in the Burg than we are in supposed Democratic strongholds like Park Slope. Interesting.

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There’s a potentially interesting event this evening (10/21) for anyone that’s ever feared for their life while crossing the street near Atlantic Terminal and might want to know what could be done make it less potentially fatal. It will be a DOT presentation to Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee at 6 PM at St. Francis […]

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[Image courtesy of Adam “Slice” Kuban/flickr] Well… all great things have to come to an end sometime. Fortunately, you have one more chance to gorge on tasty street fare this weekend (10/25, 10/26)! Because of the bureaucratic red tape, we along with the Red Hook Food Vendors were cheated of valuable huarache and pupusa time […]

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If you know Coney Island, you know shut down wreck known as the Shore Hotel. In its final days it was a notorious hot sheets/crack joint type of place. In any case, L Magazine had a wonderful recollection of the place when it was open that we found courtesy of the Coney Island Message Board:<blockquote>Me […]

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The trail of paint that the little girl in this new YouTube vid follows mysteriously appeared one night on Sixth Street in Park Slope about three years ago and it’s still there. It expires at the corner of Prospect Park West and Sixth Street. Watch her follow it. Watch mom’s stroller with baby roll downhill […]

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A GL reader wrote in to say that she found a small, black wallet near the northern end of Prospect Park’s Long Meadow. The wallet, which was found at around 8:45 this morning, contained a few dollars, a library card, MetroCards, and a couple of bank cards. Our reader turned it in to the 78th […]

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[Word Cloud courtesy of Wordle] This is GL’s “Word Cloud” based on our RSS feed from yesterday. The Wordle tool, which can be found here, was brought to our attention by Sonja Shield, who had produced the Brooklyn Ramblings blog, which we sure wish we’d hear more from. In any case, the dude who produces […]

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An old liquor store on Lorimer Street near Grand, east of the BQE, is going vertical in a major way. The store had sat there quietly for years, selling booze and lottery tickets to the locals and the (increasingly) the newly-arrived hipster. Ah, but no longer. They’re still selling PBR’s and Vladimir Vodka, but they’re […]

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Barclays “Head” to Ratner: We’re a Wee Bit Worried, Old Chap [AY Report] Bella Sicilia, Carroll Gardens Dirty Car-Style [PMFA] Very, Very Spooky: Touring Atlantic Ave’s Tunnel [Gothamist] Are Barry and Johnny Giving Cities Short Shrift? [Gotham Gazette] Valet Bike Parking Coming to Slope’s Food Co-op [Eagle] Maxell Dude Comes to Bklyn, Becomes Skelator [McBrooklyn] […]

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Ongoing complaints regarding the Cobble Hill Super Service has neighbors in an uproar over the fact that AAA is still referring members to their mechanics. It seems that despite many complaints to the DMV, and to Triple A, drivers allege they are still getting ripped off. As recently as October this tale of woe was […]

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Need a place to take that special someone you just met at Union Pool when the bathroom or the creepy parking lot under the BQE just won’t do? Well, this is 218 N. 9 Street, a demolition site in the part of Williamsburg between Driggs and Union Avenue that we like to call the Triangle […]

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After years and years of debate, the question is still out there: are pit bulls are mean and dangerous? Some say pit bulls are gentle and sweet by nature, it’s all about the caregiver and how they raise and maintain the innocent creature that matters. Others just aren’t sure. Here, we find that it sounds […]

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